Wednesday 12 September 2018

Volume 3: Book 15 - Chapter 9

Characters Present:

Makéev

Jackdaw
the 5th Company
Ramballe
Morel

Location: 

At the edge of a forest, just out of Krásnoe



Makéev and Jackdaw go over to see the 5th Company, as there is a rumour that two starving Frenchmen have arrived.

The Frenchmen are Ramballe, an officer, and Morel, a  soldier.  Ramballe is quite ill, and needs help to walk.  They collapse near a fire, and the Russians rush to give them food and vodka.  Ramballe is taken to be warmed in an officer's hut, and Morel stays with the Russian soliders and they sing bawdy French songs.  The Russians soldiers comment that "they are men too."

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